12-19-2007, 11:58 AM
http://www.mediatakeout.com/20370/the_do...ra_tv.html
Fascinating!
Please try to ignore the identity of the patient... I don't want this sent over to the political side for controversy.
These women called 911 about a woman who had a post-operative event and stopped breathing.
It took 5 minutes of coaxing before the dispatcher go them to shut up and do something.
The women were English-speakers. They understood what was going on. They panicked. One of them can be heard hyperventilating. The patience and perseverance of the 911 dispatcher is admirable.
I'm not ragging on those women. I've been in similar situations before and seen how it can drive even very smart and together people into hysterics or stupor. I think that they performed as well as they could under the circumstances.
I think that this is a rare opportunity to listen to one of these calls. There are lessons to be learned here for those of us caught in a similar emergency.
Fascinating!
Please try to ignore the identity of the patient... I don't want this sent over to the political side for controversy.
These women called 911 about a woman who had a post-operative event and stopped breathing.
It took 5 minutes of coaxing before the dispatcher go them to shut up and do something.
The women were English-speakers. They understood what was going on. They panicked. One of them can be heard hyperventilating. The patience and perseverance of the 911 dispatcher is admirable.
I'm not ragging on those women. I've been in similar situations before and seen how it can drive even very smart and together people into hysterics or stupor. I think that they performed as well as they could under the circumstances.
I think that this is a rare opportunity to listen to one of these calls. There are lessons to be learned here for those of us caught in a similar emergency.